Food Storage and Emergency Preparedness

For years leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have counseled members to have a year's supply of food and other essentials, but why? What should we store? How can you afford to? If I do, should I share with others during an emergency? Find the answers to these, and many other questions in the following articles.

A list of items to go into a 72 Hour Kit for Emergency Preparedness.

Having a first aid kit is an important part of emergency preparedness. You should have a first aid kit for both your home food storage and 72 hour kits.

Here's a quick list of items to take when an emergency or natural disaster strikes and you have to escape your home. Prepare for an emergency by have these items organized and easily available to quickly grab as you escape.

This is a list of items to keep in your car in case of an emergency. If possible, keep these items in water proof containers.

This chart wasn't made for food storage purposes but you could use it to plan meals made of just food storage for a week or two. This would be a great way to see how well your food storage planning is going.

Use the following calculator to figure the minimum food storage amounts for your family. The amounts are based on the recommendations listed in the Church's Home Production and Storage manual. These are only recommendations. You will need to determine what you should store for your family.

The Cansolidator is a food rotation system (FRS) that's perfect for organizing and rotating your canned food storage. You can adjust the Cansolidator to fit the width of each can and then load new cans in the top and use the ones that rotate to the bottom. Find out more in this food storage product review!

The pamphlet, All Is Safely Gathered In: Family Home Storage, encourages members of the LDS Church to build up our personal food storage and emergency preparedness supplies, but anyone can store food and other essentials.

For over 65 years members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have been counseled to acquire and store a year supply. Here are some of the best food storage books to get you started. Even food storage veterans would find a few of these to be handy references.

A list of several food storage recipes to help us use our food storage, including whole wheat, wheat flour, and honey. There's even a recipe for making old fashioned honey candy.

As part of our emergency preparedness and planning, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints encourages people to be prepared for an emergency by having a 72 Hour Kit for each person in their home. Do you have a 72 Hour kit ready? Vote now in this poll.

Poll: How much food do you have stored?

Multiple articles on Food Storage: accessing your needs, why we should rotate food, how to store what we eat, and acquiring a year supply.

This LDS humor comic is about one of the quirks of 72 hour kits (an important part of emergency preparedness) which is not only funny but true!

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has a great philanthropies site! You can donate money online, find patterns and instructions for making clothing, quilts, hygiene kits, and many other needs.

This site focuses on the eight aspects of the Welfare Program which includes food storage and emergency preparedness as well as caring for others.

Trackmyfoodstorage.com is a free website that is used to set up a food storage goal, make a plan and identify what you need, keep track of your inventory, and help with rotating your food storage.

Find some useful food storage information on the use of Wheat and some great recipes for using your food storage.

Shop for all your water and food storage needs, including 72 hour kits, first aid, sanitation, and more. Food storage is a vital part of being prepared during a crisis.

Find food storage, 72 hour kits, and more info at Bev's Emergency Preparedness site.

Purchase food storage, seeds, supplies, and more.

All your food storage and preparedness shopping can now be done from the convenience of your home! This site offers a great selection of food storage and secure online ordering.

This food storage site has emergency planning, a food storage and emergency preparedness calculator, recipes, food rotation planning, emergency kits, and a bunch of products.

This emergency preparedness site is located in Southern California and offers training in all aspects of self-reliance.

An excellent food storage site for finding out all your food storage needs. View complete food storage catalog online or download it to your hard drive. Online ordering of food storage and other emergency preparedness items is now available, or you can order using their 1-800 number.

This site has emergency supplies, such as 72-hour kits, and other products to help prepare your family for an emergency or disaster, including family survival kits.